Choker hook



` Nov. 6, 192s. y1,690,745

0- MICKELSON .CHOKER HOOK Filed Aug. 17, 1927 Patented Nov. 6, 1928.

UNITED STATES ons MIoKnLsoMor HOQUIA'M, WAsnING'roN.

CHOKER HOOK.

Application filed August 17, 1927. Serial No. v213,667.

Thisinvention relates to choker hooks such as used by loggers wherein a choker line may n is slightly greater than the diameterfof the be swiveled and to whichthe line can be'easily connected.

Heretofore in devices of this character the line hasnecessarily been bent abruptly at one of its points of contact-with the choker hook while in use and atter a comparatively short period of' use the strands of the line become broken due to the constant bending and wearing action at one point. i f

It is an object ot the present invention to provide a choker hook the construction of sertmg the'knob K end first through the openwhich is such as to eliminate this objectionn able feature by permitting the line to have an extensive swinging movement relative tothe hook without causing it to bend against a portion of the hook.

Vith the 'foregoing and other objects' 1n view which will appear as the description proceeds, the invention resides in the combination and arrangement of parts and in the details of construction hereinafter described and claimed, it being understood that changes in the precise embodiment of the invention herein disclosed may be made within the scope of what is claimed, without departing from the spirit of the invention.

In the accompanying drawings, the preferred form of the invention has been shown. In said drawings, c

Figure l is a side elevation of av choker hook embodying the present improvements.

Figure 2 is an end view thereof.

Figure 3 is a section on line 3 3, Figure 2.

Figure l is a section on line l-, Figure l, the choker cable being indicated in position therein by full lines, two other positions thereof being indicated by broken lines.

Figure 5 is a bottom plan view ot the choker hook.

Figure 6 is a view partly in side elevation and'partly in section ct a slightlyr modiiied form of hook.

Referring to the figures by charactersoi reference l designates a sleeve having flared ends adapted to receive a line and extending from this sleeve are spaced ears 2 connected by a pivot pin 3. On this pivot pin is mounted an ear l projecting from the body 5 of the hook. This body, in the form shown, is in the form of a tubular member of any suitable coniiguration and, it desired, provided with flat faces 6 converging to form 'a nose 7. A peripheral slot 8 is formed in this member 5 and extends through approximately 270, the

ends of the slot being substantially equally spaced from theear 4. The width of the slot line L to be used in connection with the hook `and one end of theslot is enlarged to y rovide an opening 9 ot such size as to receive t e knob 'KA on theiend of the line'Lwhen said knob is inserted end tirst as shown by broken lines at l0 in Figure 4f.. The opening extending longitudinally through the tubular member 5 is of a diametergreater than the length of the knob K as shown at 1l. in Figure 4.

In practice the parts are assembled by in ing 9 until it enters the opening 11. The knob is then shifted away from the opening 9 byswinging theV line L into the slot 8. An intermediate position of the line relative to the member 5 has been shown in Figure Li. Obviously, however, this line can swing through approximately 900 in either direction from this intermediate position without coming into contact with either end wall of the slot 8. Therefore the danger of bending and breaking the strands of the line as the result of constant use is practically eliminated and the line will last much longer than is the case where other types of hooks are employed.

It is to be understood that various kinds of hooks can be employed within the scope of the present invention, it being essential in every case that the linereceiving slot be extended through approximately 270O to .allow the de-` sirable free swinging movement oi" the parts relative to each other. Furthermore instead of making' the hook in two partsas shown in Figures l to 4 inclusive wherein a sleeve is pivotally connected tothe body portion ot the hook, said body portion can be made integral with the sleeve as shown in Figure 6. In this structure the sleeve has been indicated at 12 and is made integral with the body portion 13 of the hook and this body portion has the line receivingslot 14 extending within the wall thereof through approximately 2700, the said slot being of substantially the same shape as that heretofore described, it being provided withl an enlargement 15 at one end to receive the knob K on theline L. Various other changes can be made in the construction and arrangement of parts within the scope of the claims.

Although the improvements have been shown combined with a choker hook it is to be understood that they can also be used with hooks and other structures of a similar nature.

2. A choker hook including a tubularbody i portion open at itsA ends andhaving, a r,line

HL receiving slot inthe Wall thereof` between the i, GHClS--ezitending through lnore thanl 180%, one gend Orf the slot being enlnfrged to receive the knob otra line, and a sleeve upon the body portion Lvor the hook. f Kg Yhavinfg a cylindrical `opening extending therethrough ande Slet yin the Wall of the body portion between the expnsed ends @tithe Opening `extending vthrough more v,than 180,0

20 one end of the sletbeigenlarg'ed to receive Athe knob. of a line :when yinserted endwiseiinto the, body'` portion,v the ,cylindricalA opening in the bodyyportion being of axdianieter greater than the greatest diinensionbiu the knob.

5 et.` `A Choker hook including a bodyiportion having an opening extending transversely hook including a,.,tubnlarV A choker *hookv neludingY abody portion theretliroiiglinnfd a *slot* infgtlie yvall" of the bodyportion between the ends of the opening extending through niore than 180", one end of the slot being enlarged to receive the knob of a line When inserted endWise into the body "portion, the opening in the body portion being of a diameter greater than the greatest dirneneionk or" theln'ob, and a line receiving 'sleeve upon-the body portion.

,5. Achokerho lr incl dnga vbodyportion having nir opening extending transversely Atherethrough andexposed at the sidesl lof the bodygfpo rtionJ therebeing a slotgivithin tlie Waller lthe body portion betiveerl the ,exposed ends of the, opening ,for the,reception lor' "a lline7 one endpfytliesl'ot ybeing enlarged to receivethe-knob of thlelingfsaid sylotfbeing'oi:

y such lengtlras to perinitan engagedfliiie'to swing through apprdniinatelyry to the body portionwithout contacting With 'the end wells -,ofthe Slot.l

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